Former Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar has called on all aggrieved parties in the current security challenges facing the country to embrace dialogue rather than resorting to violence in settling the crisis.
The former Head of State made the call on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti during the inauguration of four projects at the State Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), and a water project in Erijiyan Ekiti.
Abubakar said dialogue was imperative in the current situation in order to avert the prevalent bloodletting that now characterize the North Eastern part of Nigeria courtesy of the Boko Haram insurgents.
While expressing dismay at the various security challenges that have beset Nigeria, the former Head of State described the insurgency as a cruel war that lacks no moral value and has no respect for the children, women and the innocent citizens.
General Abubakar said: “Never has our country have it so bad in the prevalent bloodletting. A war without any moral cause or respect for the sanctity of life, a war with cruel and brutal rule of engagement who slaughter even children, women and other innocent, defenceless. We should not be looking for victory, solution should be the goal. The government at all levels, the people in and out of the crisis zone, security personnel and all aggrieved parties must listen to ourselves for the sake of our future and our children’s future. I will keep calling on all those aggrieved who have resolved to settle the scores with violence to sheath their swords but we must also look at the issues involved and have the courage to take the needed action promptly and transparently. It must be accepted that dialogue is imperative in the current situation”.
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